Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-16

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! Several suits are likely 10 grow out OF tue
matter. AT any rate, it affords consider.
| able talk for the immediate neignbor-
! hood.
| Chairman Sidney Root, of the l.. z.
! Grant Park Commissioners Of Atlanta,
! has made application to the Governor Tor
! four brass Napoleons. which nave been
| condemned as unfit for service. Incy
! are now at Rome, and Mr. Root asks Tor
| them TO be placed in Fort Walker, at
| Grants Park. The Governor consents TO
their being used for this purpose until
| such time as they may be called for by
| the State, when they must be rellh-
! pushed, should such contingency ever
arise. Fort Walker, which was thrown
up during the engagements about At
lanta, is preserved in the park, and. with
these four guns mounted upon II. Will
| make an interesting historical feature in
the park. The Governor stipulates that
the removal Of the caunons from Rome To
the park must be without expense to the
| State.
The following are the official insurance
! figures on the burned buildings and
| stocks at Augusta: Georgia Home
! S2l.500, Scottish Union $4,000, PbGDIX
| OF Hartford $4,000. Southern Mutual
! $4,000, ROYAL $I2 500, Underwriters
agency $4,000, Norwich Union $4,000,
| Queen $4,000, Germania 1880, London
and Lancashire $500, Hartford $1,000,
! Connecticut $3.50. Factors and Traders
| sc, 800, Niagara Sc, 400, Imperial So, 100, In
/ sursnce Company Of North America
/ $4,000, Northern $4,000, Home, New York,
| $4,000, German American, $4,000,
PheniX OF Boston $1,000, Lon
don Association $4,000, Atlanta
! Home $4,000, Fire Association $4,000,
North British and NJ. $4,000, Western
| $4,000, Liverpool, London and Globe
| 81 800, Lancashire "a, 125, British America
$4,000, Lion $1,000, American $4,000,
| Phoenix, London, $4,000, Continental
$1,000, Guardian $1,000, Hamburg, Bre-
men, $500, Merchants $500, West
Chester $1,000, Mechanics, New York,
81, 900, Rochester German $1,000, making
total Of S24I,475. Thus it will be seen
that the property was fully covered by
insurance, and the loss was far greater
than was expected.
a. l.. Snow. the Superintendent Of tn
Chattanooga water works, is in Walker
county in the interest of the Roaue Iron
Works. The company hold options given
by thrty-nine different parties n the
Cove to the minerals of about l., 900 acres
OF land. Now that the railroad Is no
longer a debatabe question, but GER
! tainty, Mr.. Snow is to take deeds to
the above valuable interest. The COM
pany he represents has a capital of So, 000,-
600. The estate OF Peter Cooper has
invested in it 100000; A. 5. Hew-
lit, his son-in-law, and the Mayor
II. S. Chamberlin, $1,000, GOO, and Mr..
Montague, President OF The FIRST Nation
al Bank OF Chattanooga, $780, 600. For
some time their furnace in Chattanooga
has been out of blast, but they have been
steadily at work with a force of about
seVenty-fve hands getting ready to make
steel under the Bessemer process. Their
investment in machinery for that pur-
pose has been 100000. They will start UP
March 10, and Will give employment to
1900 hands, whose annual payroll will
amount to about $l,000,000. TO reach
their ore beds in the Cove a branch road
will be built from tue T.. X. & e. railroad.
Should thew find in the beds the valuable
dye rock ore in sufficient quantities, one
or more furnaces will be built in the Cove.
The releasing OF Kelly and lsaacs on
bond, and especially the making of Kelly's
bond lighter, seems to indicate that
the great Jim Moore lynching case at
Macon will hardly ever be unraVeled en-
tirely. The cases against these two have
been postponed. aud the grand Jury OBJ
serves in its presentments: 'By far the
most serious and important matter
brought for our investigation was the
lynching OF James Moore, on the night OF
Aug IL, 1886. While we have been con-
vincSd by positive evidence of the guilt
OF some parties who took part in this
great outrage, still the greater number of
those actually present in breaking the
jail and lynching Moore will, by reason
of their identity not being clearly estab-
lished, escape the disgrace and punish
ment which should follow their
awful crime. We do not altogether
exculpate those who are officially
charged with the keeping OF the peace,
good order and dignity of the State.' We
believe ii due diligence had been exer-
clsed the life of Moore could have beer
saved, premature death or lifelong mis-
cry avoided, and disgrace to the city and
State averted." The presentments are
signed by John G. Deitz, foreman; w. c.
Singleton, Il. l.. Henry, A. b. Small, w.
FL. Mansfield, w. L. Flanders, +. 5. John
son, Isaac II. Johnson, 5. A. 4. Everett,
John w. Burks, G. ID. Findlav, Il. +. Law
tom &. NJ. Davis. G.. A. Dure, +. ID.
Huguenin. r. f. Burden, and then the fol-
lowing, signed by those whose signatures
are appended: We were not members of
the grand jury at the time the Moore case
was Investigated, therefore we did not
hear any of the evidence. j. II. Hertz, g.
T. King, George w. Morgan, W. z. Bald
win.